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More Cars Needed.

To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
There Is at present great deal Of talk about the
proposed traction railroad, and as am one OF
Uncle Sans servants, and am obliged to arrive at
department at o'clock Sharp in the morning.
may not be an uninterested party, but my expert
ence this winter makes Inc long for more roads,
quicker transit, more seats, or at least standing
room in the morning, and also in the evening.
live On 14th street, and when hurrying TO Office In
the morning with hastily swallowed breakfast,
sometimes try TO jump on q car. All winter have
agan and again been repulsed, and waived OF, the
driver shouting ''HeIt."
Yesterday, az five o'clock In the evening, stood
In The rain ON street, trying 10 get for per-
maps hfteen minutes or half an hour. Car after
car passed, and the cry "neIt" continued. AT last
raised my umbrella, put the hard cash up that
had taken out 10 buy tickets and mutteriDg "trac-
ton cars" uaieed home fully resolved that hence
IUrth would walk until the cars could consider
the wants OF the public.
was tod few days ago by stakeholder OF a
rival road that the stockholders OF the other roads
were TO give the Traction bill" tremendous bat
Tie Ia the senate. only hope our Law makers
nave held on 10 the straps as long and often as
1 nave. AN INDIGNANT CITIZEN.
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GEN. MEIGS, CHIMNEY.
A Long Pending Controversy Over the
Bay Window Question Stfn Umde.

Col Ludlow yesterday received an other letter
from Gen. n. c. Meigs, regarding the chimney
which Gen. Meigs built In the bay window Of the
house. The controversy over this chimney began
over year and half ago. Col Ludlow has the
papers in his possession and expects soon to dis
pose OF the case. June 3Oth, 1886, Gen. Meigs
wrote a letter 70 the District Commissioners re-
questing an amendment OF the building regula-
lions SO that he might be permitted to erect q
house. In the bay window OF which an open hre-
place was to be constructed, the chimney stop
ping out" OF the front wall OF the bay window.
The building inspector stated In a communica-
ton to the Engineer Commissioner that such con-
Strucuon would be In direct violation OF rule eS-
striction In the building regulations. The Engi-
neer Commissioner thereup0n replied 10 Gen.
Neigs' refusing to grant his request, recitng the
stating That 1t Is as much the duty OF the Commits
sioners TO see that buildings are not erected In
grOteSque style as IL is that they be safely con-
that the space allowed for q bay window should
be occupied by dead wall Gen. Metgs replied
expressing the opinion that the position taken by
the District authorities would not be tenable In
court OF law: He claimed, too, that the restr1c-
ton In question was not part OF the building
regulation, and therefore he could not De
to build the house, but, however, not trans
gressing upon the regulation In regard
sS, sn s6ect s no ~ oSn sroe from
This winter it was discovered by the building In
q Segs had declared he ~ou9 es " psnS
moreover, as the inspectors assistants reported
the window and its chimney extended nye
building Inspector Entwisle reported this tact To
Col Ludlow, and was directeo by him to notify
Gen Aeigs OF the transgression, and also 70 re-
subject a. stated, has now reached the Engineer
Commissioner Tor nnh decision
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FOUR COMETS.
Celestial VisftorS Now Attracting the
Attention Of Astronomers.

Astronomers who devote themselves to the study
Of comets are now enjoying unusual advantages,
as there are four comets In the sky. One Of these
and the only one visible to the naked eye the
Thome comet, Is so far south as to be below our
horizon. observations Of it have been made in
Australia, where the tail extended upwards from
the horizon about thirty degrees, the nucleus
being below the horizon and invisible
According TO an ephemeris computed at the
Harvard observatory by MIR. Chandler, the south
ern comet ought to become visible In these lati-
the elements Of the great comet OF $780, with
Which THIS so, one appears to be strongly
January: The comet has, therefore, passed
around the sun, and is now on its retreat out
into space. At present it is about 100, 600 600
miles from the sun and about 1000, 600 from the
earth. and Is receding from both. It's brightness
is, therefore, diminishing, and is now only about
one-nfth or SO Of what it was about two weeks
ago. Mr.. Chandler says that it will no doubt be
visible TO the naked eye here, and should be looked
after twilight. About the last OF February 1t will
not set until about 10 80 pm.
AT the naval observatory such reports as have
Is moving south PROF. Frisby said to a STAR re-
porter that If the bulletin received at the observa
tory wa was correct correct Mr.. Chandler was wrong
our horizon There was, he said, possibility that
III tIanoniSsiou NY Telegraph an error mad been
made In the report, and that the comet was NOV
Ing towards our sky. The other comets now being
observed nave Deen studied by Prof. Frisby and
telescope comets, or comets not visible to
the unalded eye One is the Brooks comet, which
comet and the other the Barnard comet. An
effort has been made TO identity the Barnard
comet with Vlco'S comet OF 1874. Mr. Wilson
however, VINO has carefully studied the SUB.
ject, is OF opinion that they are not tden
ticaL The Finley comet has o period
as ascertained by computation, OF
about 81 years. The theory has been advanced
that the comets are identical, and that the orbit
has been modified by the attractive power of
Jupiter or some other huge planet. -
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The TramWays Should Comply Win
Their Charter Requirement.,


To the Editor Of the EVENING STAR: .-,-
Gen. Boynton's remarks on the street car uues-
ton, in his letter to the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette, and given local publicity in your issue OF
Thursday, are to the point and Congress should
take action on the generals resolutions at once
Whether or not we have new roads, the public de-
mands that existing lines be fitted out with mod.
ern equipments
section 9, Of the act of May, 1852 Incorporating
the Washington and Georgetown Railroad com.
pany states explicitly that tirSt-claSS cars SHAH
be provided for the comfort and convenience of its
passengers" now, while the avenue cars might
possibly come within the meaning OF the act those
on the 14th street line are certainly neither flrst
class, comfortable nor convenient, but the whole
equipment, cars horses and rails, the most anti
quated in the city, and the management does not
even provide enough cars, poor as they are to
handle the rapidly increasing business OF the line
Congress may see At to delay granting q charter
TO the cable road but 1t certainly ought not to de-
cline to act In this matter and require erasnfno,
corporation to at least live up to its charter or
public will be forced TO try the experiment Of COM
pelling the drivers to pass through the cars and
collect the fareA MOUNT PLRAsANT
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To The Editor o. the EvENINo SrAR
Our trees, especially the elns and naples, are
covered with caterpillar cocoons. Each one con-
ta1ns about two hundred eggs, and unless removed
and destroyed each egg will produce a caterpilar.
Now Is the time TO remove them In a few days
they viii be concealed by the buds and before the
authorities can attend to our hundred thousan
trees the worms win be at their work aQain.
nuisance. ~ If r.
February II, 1887.
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Lay a POntoon bridge.

To the Editor Oh TsE EVENING STAR:
Az the question has been asked how shall we get
70 Arlington with the grand procession On May
30th, / would recommend that the government
DO just as they did in such cases during the war
lay pontoon bridge from g street to Analostan
Island That viii be la keeping with the other
Arrangements military. l. d. c.
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Transfers Of Real Estate.

Deeds in fee have been filed as follows:
w. D. Davis to Marcella IL. Richardson, lot 10,
block 3d. Columbia Heights; s2,e3594. James
McLain to same, lot 3, block 35, do; 1855 ~
John sherman to Clara c. Farrar, lot TO- block %,
d.; s., 542.5O. c. w. Click to Annie D. Dubant,
lot Z, so. 514; s., 100. Mary E. W. Cole to John
A. Cole, lots 5 and 6, block 10, bingham; g..
John A. Cole to Mary E. w. Cole, same property;
s.. Margaret Barry to Michael Barry, sub l6 So.
Lawyer to Mary E. Duling. pit. 10, So. 941 1000.
Mary c. Carr to j. II. C. Wilson to c. Newell lot l.
block 80, Meridian Hill; 1925. John Slavery to
Elizabeth Marll lots % and 81, So. 1926; 81 900.
So 100; s4,2co. Ella B. Carr to Flora Root,
lot Is, SO. &C., Columbia Heights; g., 1886. 49,
Margaret Monaghan to V. W. Power ct al, lot H.
So 6:,3; 50, 73O. w. E. Andrews to Emory E. Hoge.
sub lots As, 81 and 81, SO. 74s; s:4s: 60. n. G.
Mary A. Graham to S. Bieber ct al, lots s and 8
and pit Z, So. 500; s.. G. T. McGlue, jr., ct al,
to g. r. McGlue ST., pts II, So 1876, and pit 81 So
10Y; s.. A. +. Barker TO Maria Z. Gray sub 40,
50. 1888; $4,000 A. g. Hall to j. II. Gheen ct al,
d. Webb, pts OF Barbados and Scotland, 35la
acres and 23a acres; $4,000 j. j. Albright Co
A. L. SwartwOut, lot blk g. LeDroit park; OOO
w. b. webb to a. Z. Clark, sub lot 81, So. 669;
II, Meridian hill: 81 $3.50. d. W. Broadhead to H.
c. Borden, lot 10, blk 10, do; s1,5O9 H. c. Bor-
den to II. n. Baker, same property; 81, 1875. H. NJ
Baker to orleans Y. McCarty, same property;
6, SO. 500; 8, 100 Ellen Fealey to Bernard Wa Va
tiers, sub 81, SO. 1884; $500. Charlotte A. Fur
mold to W. w. Brown, lots Il to II, 33 and az
Lanier Heights; So, 233 30. 7. j. Fisher ct al to
v. Blanchard, part g. so. 517; 5000. j. A. Pres
Mt. Pleasant; $3.50. n. w. Burchell to E. s. kim
BAH. lot 5, block l9, Meridian Hill; 1926. same
to Mile +. Humphrey, lot 4, do; s, 325.
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A QuAKxR ROBBED OF s27,500.--when Jacob MI
Ter threw his clothes upon the back OF Q chair in
Atlanta, Ga, wednesday night one OF the pockets
contained s., 500 In money and certified checks on
Ohio banks Tor $4,000. When he arose next
who came there from Lebanon, Ohio. to pGrChase
lands for the use Of Quaker colony. The money
was to have been paid over yesterday. Miller
losR
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The tory students at Cambridge England have
torn up by the roots the tree planted last weeE
ny Gladstone. The liberal students threaten re-
pf1salS
The Boston Herald claims to have detected an
alleged physician named Samuel York, OF Jaws
ton, Ne, In the act OF selling medical dipIomas
and deGteeA -
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Ma Pullback-swen, now that you live out m on,
neighbofhood, NJ. Nagunder, you muststop In and
hear my daughter sing" NAgunder-ssT6snks
have heard her. In fact, they TOOK Something ~
my rent becauDe lived % noaE."NJ1d0e
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A youthful Traveller on the Baltimore and Ohio
road was curious 70 know the meaning OF certain
stgn-posts along the track. conductor" asked
he, "what does ". and X mean?" "Why, ring and
whistle" was the reply. There was silence ior
some time, when the young man observed: II cA0
see well enough Low w. stands for wing, but II
blessed II can Zee how X stands Tor whastla"-
Hdrpers BosQr.
The volcano Mauna Loa, on Hawaii island, =
again active. Earthquake shocks are frequent
1t Is reported Ct Cape TOW that the explorer
DR.. Halup his wife and hts lrv have been mas
sacred by Natives
George ". Beatae. booskeeper TOR r!eldner,
Moredner CO., 81 Boston. has NED Re u shost
A Florida paper, speaking o. the new Senator
from that state, calls for man '.of broad views
and enlarged vision, VINO would Know no e0Qtn
Florida, Fast FlDr1da, o. West FLORIDA" We'll,
what's the matter with JoneQi That's the kind q
man he appears TO be. He knows no place -
Detroit -fnstodelphSG xhQwlr0.
Ths yosv~al D. Dseols declare thes u
grcposH nade e The Pores ~ k1giand g -.
BF1e11h pfueo0eogAtA
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To the Editor Of TIE EVENING star:
II the legislation for better street railway fac0e
des In Washington, now pending before Congress-
includes or is amended TO include I'm Its provisions
change OF the rssd-bed, and especially the rails
why can we not Lave the solid, nat rail In use In
England and on the continent OF Europe, which
has the pavemens lifted fun and 1ush against &c
on each side, and. q groove In its center for the
nange OF the wheelf such q rail would leave the
surface OF the street smooth and even for vehicles
OF all kinds, and has many advantages over the
rail now in use not the least OF which u the sav.
ing In the wear and tear OF carriage and wagon
wheels, which are twisted and broken by running
In the rut between the rail and pavement -
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FROM PRESIDENT TO SENATE.
How Messages and Nominations are
Sent to the Capitol.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY PRupENs DAILY DRIVE DOWN
PENNSYLVANIA AvENUE-CARE TAKEN 10 PRESERVE
sECRECY-HOw NOMINATIONS ARE DELIVERED TO
THE SENATE
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steam boiler, hot water heater furnace. or some.
thing else,-we will decide what when the time
comcs,-that shall d1huSe mild degree OF warmth
through the entire house. enough to make it COM
Portable in cool weather and TO protect the water
pipes at the coolest. Then supplement this with
Open fires in all the rooms in which they would
ever be used. A fire cannot burn, whether OF wood
Orcoal without venli,at1ng the room to reasonable
extent, and the other heating arrangements must
be contrived to serve the same end by causing a
constant change OF the atmosphere In the house
whatever this heating arrangement may be, hot
less is supplied with all the fresh air it is capa
BILE OF warming, 1t Will prove o SAVIOR of death
unto death rather Than a means OF health and
comfort. The man who introduced the scheme of
taking the damp, stagnant. unclean, atmosphere
from the cellar or basement and passing 1t over
should have been given a premium for inyenIing
tirstclaSS abOminattOn The double back action
stoves and heaters that warm the air which serves
the respiratory and respiratory needs OF the Oc-
cupants OF a room on q lower floor, and then lifts
it TO the upper chambers to serve the same pur-
poses over again, belong TO the same family, some
what more elegant In appearance, perhaps, but
no less pernicious in effect. OF course this per-
verted is not the fault OF the furnace or OF the
tate the manner OF using them. II it
were not true that these things are con.
stanty found In the best houses ss, It
obvious necessity as that the air brought into a
human dwelling should always be taken from the
lace Of The ground, then build Conduit and draw
it down from that height. A cold air duct is
esteemed the refinement OF scientific luxury; nut
II 1t is fed from dirty area or an unSavOry alley
you might, far the breath OF life is concerned,
admit in good set terms that you live In the alley
suppose the reason why dwellings, are, as rule,
so imperfeculy supplied with fresh air. Is not that
its value not appreciated but because the means
for obtaining 1t are so Inadequate; the nueS are
supply OF fuel, which is the chief motive power,
not alone for warming but for ventilating as wen
is far too meager. It Is . dangerous boast that
you have burned only half as much coal during
the year as your netghbor; It may mean that you
have had only half as much fresh air.
But must pass on to the third point on which
you lay down such positive Instructions,
THE FIRE TRAra
lean tell you at the outset that your house win
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OYSTERS IN Favor WITH MANY srkrnssES-nh
REEDS BREAD AND MIX pIET-hR- HoLhANs
SMILE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VINO LUNCH
lvXURtA~TIy
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this city and elsewhere On property located here
must be very great The list of trusts placed on
record given in the daily court record as rule
equal in NUMBER the deeds placed On record and
generally exceed them in number. 1t is apparent
that very few sales are cash sales, and In fact
Sellers as rule are said TO prefer only part cash
payment, because they would rather have their
money at interest. Then IL Is said that it is very
easy TO negotiate such notes. and In fact they are
often turned over In part payment Of property
The banks of course do not cash the notes but
with this exception they are considered good
paper. very small cash payment on transac-
tons Is now taken, the balance being In the notes
OF the purchaser secured on the property The
rule OF one-Jhird cash is very frequently departed
from, owing mainly TO the large amount OF money
that Is available Tor investment thus not making
the cash very desirable. This condition OF affairs
Is very favorable for speculation good deal OF
property can be controlled with comparatively
small amount of money.
A. p. Pardon reports that his total transactions
on Meridian Hill this week have exceeded those OF
last, aggregating over $50, 600.
Besides The fine residence TO be erected by eXSena-
ator Henderson upon the $50 900 site purchased by
MIN, others &c In cctemplation. Nearly SD, 900
In cash vas paid yesteId ay, through E. b. Town.
send, ZOE u tul,.'ng site between California and
Columbia avenues, - a resident OF q western city
who contemplateS a residence here.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-06
Stockholders Notice.

OFFICE OF
MAIN STREET AND AGRICULTURAL PARK
RAILROAD COMPANY,
Los ANGELES, July Odd, 1887.
TN ACCORDANCE WITH RESOLUTION
i adopted at a meeting OF the Directors of
the Main Street and Agricultural Park Rail
ing of the stockholders of said company is
hereby called, the same to be held at the
Office of the company, No. 10 Commercial
street, in the city of Los Angeles, county of
the Sd day of October, A. d. 1887, at the
hour of $3.50 O'Clock p. M on that day, to
take into consideration and decide upon the
proposition to increase the capital stock
from one hundred thousand dollars, divided
into two thousand shares of fifty dollars
each, the present capital of the company, to
two hundred thousand dollars, to be divided
into four thousand shares, of fifty dollars
each. w. j. BRODRICK,
A. c. TAYLOR, President.
Secretary jy29 to oc Sd
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-06
DAILY HERALD.
GENERAL GLEANINGS
RsRoRted ~ Correspondents ef
tho Associated Prese.

1n0 AuUOCAaeCa = IVY
Naval man@uvres took place yes
terday off the mouth of the Thames.
During the man9uvers Nordenfeldt
burst on the torpedo boat Curlew, and
several seamen were seriously injured.
One of the guns on board the iron
armor-plate ship Black Prince also
burst and injured three seamen.
The Ontario Investment Association,
Of London, Ont, is financially embar-
rassed. Over $400, 900 of the paid-up
capital stock has been lost to the
association through faulty MANAGE
ment. Charles Murray, the manager,
has left for Omaha. 1t is limited that
proceedings will be taken against the
Directors to compel them to account
for the money placed in their keeping.
A cablegram from London to the
Globe says that fresh proposals for the
settlement of the fisheries dispute
have been submitted to the Govern
ment at Washington. They were APP
proved at Ottawa and have been
favorably received by the Imperial
Government, but are still under con-
.sideration. The details are not
known.
The funeral of the late Prime Min
lister Depretis Of Italy took place yes
terday at Stradella. Twenty thousand
people were present. King Humbert
and others sent wreaths to be placed
On the coffin. There was no religious
ceremony, the clergy having been
ordered to refuse the rites Of the
church, owing to the fact that De-
pretis died without having received
the last sacraments.
One hundred Indians in war paint
are camped near Aiken, Minn., trying
to secure the release of squaws arrest
ed on Wednesday for committing dep
Rotations. Citizens near the camp are
preparing for fight, as serious trouble
is feared.
A fire on Pratt street, Baltimore,
yesterday morning, burned James D..
Mason & Sons cracker factory, Hen
derson, Laws & Co.'S candy factory,
and two adjoining agricultural ware
houses. The losses are $500, 200.
VIM. Schultz, foreman in the cracker
factory, was burned to death.
The Glenn bill, making it felony
t. educate white and black children in
the same school, has passed the
Georgia Senate by vote of 124 to
two. The bill now goes to the Senate,
where it may be pigeon holed. The
bill has been the cause of long debate.
Allen Francis, the United States
Consul at st. Thomas. Ont, who was
struck by a hose cart at recent rail-
read disaster and badly injured, died
suddenly yesterday morning. Francis
was 70 years of age and was over
twenty years Consul for the United
States at Victoria, B. G.
Rev. John Morrison, pastor of the
Reformed church, OF San Bernardino,
Cal, was married on Wednesday al
St. Johns church, Upper Red Hook,
N. Y. to Miss Helen Moore.
1t is learned from reliable sources
that General Master Workman Pow
derry has signed the charter applied
for by the Iron Moulders' National
Assembly.
All prominent Irishmen in New
York City deny all knowledge oi
Mooney, who tried to destroy the
steamer Queen.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-08-06
Notice Of sale Of Real Estate at
Public Auction.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
i county OF Santa Cruz, State of California.
In the matter of the estate of Sedgwick J.
Lynch, deceased.
Notice 10 hereby given that In pursuance
of an order OF the Superior Court of the
county of Santa Cruz State of California
made on the 23d day of May, 1887, in the
matter OF the estate of Sedgwick J. Lynch,
deceased, the undersigned, the executors OF
the last will of said decedent, will sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder for
cash, in gold coin Of the United States, and
subject to confirmation BY said Superior
gust, 1887, at Il O'Clock A. M, in front of the
Sheriffs Office on Spring street, corner of
Court street. in the city and county of Los
Angeles, Cal, all the right, title, interest and
time of his death, and all the right, title and
interest that the said estate has by operation
OF law or otherwise acquired other than or
in addition to that of the said Sedgwick J.
Lynch at the time of his death, in and to all
those certain lots, pieces or parcels of land,
situate, lying and being in the said city and
county Of Los Angeles, State of California
and bounded and described as follows, to-
witt Lot 8, in block F, OF the Mott tract; lot
o, in block F, of said Mott tract lot 10, in
block F. of said Mott tract; lot IL, in block +,
of said Mott tract; lot Ia, in block r, of said
Mott tract; lot A, in block l, of said Mott
tract; according TO- a map of said tract re-
at page 4s9, Records OF Los Angeles county,
Cal. Said lots will be sold separately and In
the order in which they are mentioned
above. Terms and conditions of sale: Cash
in gold coin of the United States; ten per
cent. of the purchase money to be paid to the
auctioneer on date of sale; balance to be paid
on confirmation of sale by said Superior
Court. Deed at expense of purchaser.
full abstract of the title to said property is at
the Office of Graves & O'Melveny, Attorney
at law, rooms 10, 20 and 81, Baker Block,
the city OF Los Angeles, wnere the same ca
be inspected at any time from now until th
date of sale.
Dated Los Angeles, July 2s. 1887.
JANE LYNCH,
w. 7. GARRETT and
+, A. Him,
Executors Of the last will and testament of
Sedgwick J. Lynch, deceased. jy29td